Ben Carson Reveals The Crucial Advice He’s Giving Trump – It May Put Him Over The Top

Former Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson has received criticism for his decision to endorse front-runner Donald Trump.

Carson asserts he has been able to convince Trump — at least in flashes — to act more presidential.

In a phone inverview Friday, Carson said, “I’ve had talks about being presidential, about toning it down a bit, appealing to a broader group of people. You did notice that he wasn’t nearly as caustic in the last debate. People appreciated that. It’s a matter of cultivating and capitalizing on that.”

Following an incident earlier this week, when Trump attacked Cruz for distributing a racy photo of Melania, Carson conceded Trump’s instincts could not be permanently contained.

This incident resulted in Trump retweeting an unfavorable photo of Heidi Cruz and his threat to “spill the beans.” Cruz responded, calling Trump a “sniveling coward” and saying he was going to beat Trump for the nomination.

Calling the incident a broader craving for public gladiatorial combat among politicians, Carson admitted to dealing with the same issues while he was in the race, saying, “We have all these serious things. Nobody wanted to hear that. We want to hear juicy stuff … Maybe it’s just human nature.”

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Rather than having a position in Trump’s administration, Carson says he is more interested in a pipeline to deliver advice to Trump.

Regarding earlier occasions when Trump insulted Carson and made comparisons between him and a child molester, Carson says he and Trump have made amends.

Carson says he will not vote for Clinton or Sanders, fearing they would lead the country in a completely different direction. He says Kasich has no clear pathway and, Cruz will be able to get the conservative core, but may not be able to bring in the outsiders.

Summing it up Carson says, “So what does that leave? It leaves Donald Trump. I’m a pragmatic individual and I do believe that if we get to a brokered convention and the powers that be decide on somebody different, all of those millions of people who have been brought into the process by Trump, if they think those people are gonna stay, they’re nuts. They basically will have destroyed the unity in the party and destroyed any possibilities in the party.”